Madeleine Dean

The way we do that is to lift up stories of love.

I am not interested in sort of the false discussion over whether or not White supremacy exists in America or around the world. It does. We know it does, and we know it costs lives.

Hateful rhetoric does have consequences, and Doctor, we do extend our deepest condolences to you regarding what happened to your family.

What are we going to do about it? Because you know, there is hope--we do have an opportunity to move forward.

I do believe that in this country, we are better than that.

We would love to see Republicans stand up and say, 'Mr. Trump, what you are saying is not helpful. It harms people of color. It harms Muslims.'

Your testimony shows beyond measure the extraordinary heartbreaking discrimination.

I don't understand that in the balance, even if any of those, anecdotally, things were true, on whole, on the measure, in the balance of how we move forward in this country, are we to be held back those phantom anecdotes, or are we to look…

It is not only the right thing to do, it is the economically smart thing to do to come up with more creative solutions.

Economically, it is the right thing to do to make your workforce as diverse as possible.

I thank Mr. Cicilline for his extraordinary leadership on this legislation.

We must name sexual orientation as a protected class.

The President cannot commit obstruction of justice when using his own constitutional authority. I found that reasoning to be flawed.

The Attorney General came to a legal conclusion regarding obstruction of justice. It was 48 hours after the report was delivered.

Over the course of the last 2 years, I found myself thinking I am looking in a mirror upside down.

Voter ID, which is going to allow Mitt Romney to win the State of Pennsylvania, done.

If we can't all vote, if we can't all fully participate, then we are not a true democracy.

The chaos and confusion which ensued from that piece of legislation until it was overturned as unconstitutional was costly to people.

As we came back down the bridge, my husband stood at a plaque, you know, a bronze plaque memorializing the Voting Rights Act.

I think about Pennsylvania, and we are the poster State for some good things surrounding voters rights and some very bad things.

In many of our Tribal communities, we have what we call two-spirit people, who are LGBTQ people.

The most critical factor enabling a victim of domestic violence to escape further abuse is the ability to obtain physical separation.

Each reauthorization of VAWA has made important improvements leading to tangible results.

VAWA needs to grow. VAWA needs to be inclusive. And VAWA needs to include all, if the violence is going to stop.

VAWA provides vital resources to support victims, hold offenders accountable, and keep communities safer.